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Profile: 18 - Brake Dust

Code18
NameBrake Dust
Source categoriestraffic, road, brake, all sources
CountryItaly
Site(not availavble)
Test year2008
TypeO
Latitude45.4773
Longitude9.1815
ReferenceColombi et al, 2010, 10.3303/CET1022038
Notes 
Sampling MethodsSampling in a mechanical shop using a brush from the internal surface of the wheel rim of several veichles. Samples were deposited on polycarbonate membranes for elemental ED-XRF analysis (not sure the number)
Uncertainty NotesStandard Deviation

Data

  Relative Mass Uncertainty Analytical Method Uncertainty Method
292 - Aluminum 0.0074 0.0014 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
300 - Barium 0.001 0.00022 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
328 - Cadmium 0.0013 0.00005 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
329 - Calcium 0.013 0.0028 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
347 - Chromium 0.004 0.00023 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
380 - Copper 0.033 0.0021 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
488 - Iron 0.41 0.029 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
520 - Lead 0.00021 0.000026 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
526 - Manganese 0.003 0.00021 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
612 - Nickel 0.00019 0.000016 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
669 - Potassium 0.0021 0.00039 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
694 - Silicon 0.022 0.0043 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
697 - Strontium 0.000093 0.000018 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
700 - Sulfur 0.0068 0.0011 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
715 - Titanium 0.0011 0.000089 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
767 - Vanadium 0.000074 0.0000081 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
778 - Zinc 0.0099 0.0006 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation